Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel hangs on for Hungarian Grand Prix victory

Sebastian Vettel throws his trophy into the air. He now leads Lewis Hamilton by 14 points in the drivers’ championship. “It was a really difficult race,” says Vettel. “I had my hands full. The steering was off. I had to stay focused for the whole race.” Here’s the race classification:

Sebastian Vettel wins the Hungarian Grand Prix!

Vettel has Kimi Raikkonen looming large in his mirrors but holds on to win the race, with his team-mate second ahead of Lewis Hamilton in third – no, he allows Bottas back through right at the very last.

Lap 68/70 Vettel is closing in on another grand prix victory and 25 valuable championship points. He had a worry with those steering issues earlier and put his team-mate under pressure in the process, but they are nearing a crucial Ferrari one-two.

Lap 66/70 Mercedes are now the ones with a decision to make. They had promised Bottas they would return him to third, after he let Hamilton through earlier. But there is a gap of five seconds between them and Verstappen is flying up behind in the Red Bull. It’s been some race from the Dutch driver considering his ten-second penalty.